Rupert Pfitzner

Rupert Pfitzner (27 March 1895-15 August 1917) was an Imperial German Army sharpshooter during World War I.

Biography
Rupert Pfitzner was born in Mallersdorf, Bavaria, German Empire in 1895, the son of two Catholic parents. Pfitzner was a law student before enlisting in the Imperial German Army during World War I, and he became known for his great aim with a rifle. In August 1917, he shot three French Army troops dead during the Battle of Moreuil as they advanced through no man's land, sniping them in quick succession. Pfitzner was shot in the head by an Allied sniper as he looked for more targets from his sandbag position, killing a great sharpshooter.